Sports Newsletter - Friday 1 May 2011

Poverty Bay / Bay of Plenty Open Water Swim

Friday 1 April

A team of 4 hearty swimmers braved the water temperatures at Lake Rotoma swimming a 2km Open Water Swim. Students who participated at the event were Keegan Witney, Grace Wright, Hamish Gilmour & Islah Kerr-Aim. Well done to Islah Kerr-Aim placed first in the Year 7 Girls, Hamish Gilmour placed 2nd in the Year 7 Boys and Keegan Witney who placed 4th in the Year 8 Boys.

Check out the photos from the event.

Touch Champions in 2011

On Friday 1 April our 4 Touch Teams travelled to Kawerau Intermediate to defend their Poverty Bay/Bay of Plenty Touch title. This term the teams have trained up to 3 times a week under the guidance of Matua Atirau (Girls Teams) & Matua Grant (boys). A comment from all players was that the standard of play on the day from all teams has increased. The results for our teams this year were:

1st Year 8 Boys
1st Year 8 Girls
2nd Year 7 Girls

Thank you to the many parents who transported our teams to Kawerau and Matua Atirau & Matua Grant for all their hard work preparing the teams. Another trophy in the cabinet!

Milo Cup Success

Well done on a great Term One of Cricket! On Wednesday they defeated Morrinsville Intermediate and Aquinas College, two convincing victories. Mr Jeftha, Mr Hampton and the boys have had some outstanding results winning 5 from 5 to progress to the next stage of the competition. Jamie Oakley and his 101 not out was a highlight of the season against Bethlehem College. Term 4 will see the next stage of their competition kick off and we wish them all the best. Here are some photographs from the action on Wednesday against Aquinas College.

PB/BOP Swimming Champions 2011

Well done to our PB/BOP Swimming Team who held off a strong Otumoetai Intermediate challenge to be crowned the Poverty Bay / Bay of Plenty Swimming Champions for 2011. A great team effort from our 24 students managed by Mrs Karen Hampton travelled to Rotorua on Friday 25 March and were greeted by cool conditions swimming in the open air 50m pool. Stand out performances for the school were a haul of 5 golds by Hamish Gilmour, 3 golds by George Williams and our relay teams winning 6 out of the 8 relays. Relay and overall team results were:

Success at the BOP Surfing Champs - Friday 25 March

Congratulations to our team of surfers who braved the tough conditions at Tay Street to record some great results.

Jordan Miners placed second & Marino Ohia third both in the under 13 girls
Lee Ririnui had a 4th in the under 11 boys.Thank you to Miss Young, Mr McDonald and the many parents who supported our team on

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